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Henoch schonlein purpura with rheumatic carditis

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Henoch Schonlein Purpura with acute rheumatic carditis is a rare entity and only few cases have been reported. An 8 year-old-girl presented with abdominal pain, arthralgia and rashes and was diagnosed as a case of Henoch Schonlein Purpura. She was managed conservatively and discharged. She was readmitted after 1 week with abdominal pain, fever and cough. She developed tachycardia with gallop rhythm on the third day of admission and pansystolic murmur of mitral regurgitation. Echocardiography showed features of myopericarditis, mild pericardial effusion and mitral regurgitation. She was diagnosed and managed as a case of acute rheumatic carditis

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  1. Department of Pediatrics Medicine, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

    Taruna Gulati, Praveen Kumar (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics), Vivek Dewan & V. K. Anand

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Correspondence to Praveen Kumar.

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Gulati, T., Kumar, P., Dewan, V. et al. Henoch schonlein purpura with rheumatic carditis. Indian J Pediatr 71, 371–372 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02724113

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